There’s a bit of a gap between what I really want to say and what I know is responsible to say. Gabrielle Union
There's this big misconception about being famous and rich. More about being rich. The misconception is that once you have money, you're straight. But you can have financial problems and everything else, only on a much grander scale. If anything, worrying about keeping it is as much of a headache as worrying how to pay the bills. Eddie Murphy
I just don’t want people to think that because I’m big I’m not into the same things I was into that made me big. Kanye West
When you’re a public figure, people have an ownership of you in a way. People would interrupt our dinners all the time to have a moment with my father, and we’d understand because it was their one moment to have with him. I grew up observing that dynamic. Lupita Nyong’o
I don’t get manicures, I don’t get pedicures, I don’t shop for clothes. It’s difficult for me to look at price tags and see $150 for a pair of shoes. Viola Davis
It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. Will Smith
People think I just walk around as the aggressor, this mad black guy, this angry, young, troubled kid, but I'm not. I'm more and more laid-back. It's just that people know if they push a button, it'll make more news than their music. Attaching themselves to me, good or bad, will benefit them. Chris Brown
And they said, well, if you're going to be a star, people aren't asking for you, they're asking for this image of you. And so that's kind of what, you know, was done. They began to transform me into an image. Donna Summer
Growing up, my Mom and Dad were so much, 'Don't be like the average athlete, and have all this money and spend it all.' Serena Williams
